Yisrael Beytenu

Universal service is one of the party's central demands, and it has acted on it repeatedly.

• Background (2019, before the period this guide relies on): After the April 2019 election, Liberman refused to join a Netanyahu-led coalition unless a bill obligating Haredi men to serve passed unchanged. Haredi parties wanted to soften it; no coalition was formed and the Knesset voted to dissolve itself, leading to a second election that year ^[17]. Liberman said at the time: "We are natural partners in a right-wing government; we won't be partners in a government of Jewish law" ^[17].
• Action: As finance minister, Liberman announced in July 2021 that, from after the summer, daycare subsidies would require each parent to work at least 24 hours a week. The measure mainly affected Haredi families in which the father studies in a yeshiva, and was expected to save about NIS 400 million a year; Liberman said he would "continue to lead processes that will cancel negative incentives" to join the job market ^[14]. The Times of Israel later reported that the High Court ruled against applying the cut in the middle of the school year ^[15]. In February 2022 he was reported to be planning further cuts (ending property-tax discounts for families where neither parent works) alongside incentives for Haredi schools that teach core subjects ^[15].
• Action: In January 2022, while Liberman was finance minister, a government bill to give Haredi men earlier exemptions from military and national service, so that they would enter the workforce at a younger age, passed its first reading ^[15]. Lowering the exemption age is also part of the party's current platform ^[11].
• Change over time: The Knesset record shows Yisrael Beytenu MKs Yulia Malinovsky and Evgeny Sova voting for that bill at its first reading on 31 January 2022, which passed 51–48. On 11 June 2024, when the Knesset voted 63–57 to revive the same bill, Liberman, Forer, Malinovsky, Sova and Amar voted against ^[87]. The two votes were cast in different Knessets, the first as part of the coalition and the second in the opposition, with the October 7 attack and the war in between. No statement by the party explaining the difference between the two votes was found.
• Action: On 13 July 2026 the Knesset passed Basic Law: Torah Study, by 63 to 52 ^{[12, 80]}; on 14 July it passed, by 58 to 54, a law barring arrests of Haredi men who do not report for service ^{[16, 80]}; the High Court of Justice struck that law down on 3 September 2026 ^[86]. The Knesset's vote records show all six Yisrael Beytenu MKs voting against both laws in the final reading ^[80]. Liberman said the Basic Law "betrays IDF soldiers, harms fighters and reservists and state security" and pledged that "in the next government we will cancel this law" ^[12].
• Formal commitment: The platform calls for "a compulsory service law for every Israeli citizen at age 18, regardless of religion or origin, in two tracks: military or civilian," and says that not serving will lead to loss of rights, including allowances, housing and property-tax discounts, and eligibility for civil-service jobs; people who desert would face a criminal record, a ban on leaving the country and loss of the right to vote. The platform also proposes lowering the age of exemption from service and setting up a dedicated framework for Haredim and minorities within the Home Front Command or civilian national service ^[11]. The party's September 2025 "document of principles" proposed that evading service lead to "the revocation of rights, including the right to vote for the Knesset" ^[10].
• Formal commitment: In January 2026 Liberman sent opposition leaders Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan and Yair Lapid a letter asking them to commit to a "comprehensive, extensive, and equitable" draft law as a foundation of the next government: everyone reports at 18, the IDF alone decides who serves in the army and who in civilian service, with no quotas or exemptions; civilian service is run by the Defense Ministry; and non-compliance means loss of benefits and budgets plus personal and institutional sanctions. He said it should pass in the first session of the new Knesset ^[13].
• Statement: In August 2026 Liberman called on the Knesset to convene during its summer recess to vote on a universal draft law, saying "all Zionist opposition factions will stand behind it" ^[42].

Closest option(s): Require every 18-year-old, including Haredim, to serve in the army or in civilian national service, with sanctions for those who refuse (universal-service-with-sanctions).

The party supports applying Israeli sovereignty to specific areas and keeping full Israeli control of Area C (the part of Judea and Samaria under full Israeli civil and security control, about 60% of the area). In 2026 it has proposed that Jordan take over administration and policing of the Palestinian cities, and that the Palestinian Authority be dismantled.

• Action: On 22 October 2025 a bill sponsored by Liberman, "Application of Sovereignty in Ma'ale Adumim" (a large settlement east of Jerusalem), passed a preliminary reading by 31 to 9 with one abstention, according to the Knesset's vote record, which shows all six Yisrael Beytenu MKs voting for it (the Times of Israel reported 32 to 9) ^{[23, 80]}. Liberman said Ma'ale Adumim "constitutes the broadest consensus in Israeli society" and favoured step-by-step application of sovereignty, naming Ariel, Gush Etzion and the Jordan Valley as other areas with broad support ^[23].
• Action: In opposition, the party's MKs also voted for the other sovereignty bills that came to a vote: a Jordan Valley sovereignty bill on 15 March 2023 (failed 14 to 66) and 22 January 2025 (failed 32 to 56), a bill to apply sovereignty to "the areas of settlement in Judea and Samaria" on 22 October 2025 (passed its preliminary reading 25 to 24, with all six in favour), and a bill on Beitar Illit on 31 December 2025 (failed 8 to 45) ^[83]. While the party sat in the 2021–2022 coalition, its MKs voted against bills with the same title as the October 2025 bill: seven voted against two such bills, sponsored by opposition MKs, on 28 July 2021 (failed 47 to 63 and 50 to 64), and two voted against two more on 22 June 2022 ^[84]. The record does not give reasons for votes.
• Formal commitment: The platform calls for "stabilizing the security and economic situation in cooperation with Jordan" and says that "only a comprehensive regional package deal" can bring the desired result, rather than a bilateral agreement with the Palestinians ^[11]. The September 2025 document of principles likewise called for stabilizing Judea and Samaria "in close coordination with Jordan" ^[10].
• Statement: On 23 September 2026 Liberman proposed that Jordan take "security and administrative responsibility" for Areas A and B (the Palestinian cities and towns), in what he called an "Israeli-Jordanian confederation," while Israel keeps "absolute control" of Area C with territorial contiguity ^{[24, 26]}. Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich criticized the proposal; Smotrich said Liberman wanted to "give up our security responsibility in Judea and Samaria and hand it over to the Jordanians" ^{[24, 26]}.
• Statement: On 28 September 2026 Liberman said "the Palestinian Authority must be dismantled," arguing that the Oslo Accords had failed and warning that the Palestinian legislative elections planned for November could repeat Hamas's 2006 victory ^[27]. On 5 October 2026 he presented a formal plan: dismantle the Palestinian Authority, cancel the Oslo Accords, give Jordan responsibility for public order and daily affairs in Areas A and B, and keep Israeli security responsibility throughout. He said that otherwise Israel "will end up with a Palestinian state under Hamas control" ^[22].
• Statement (background): The party's 2015 campaign slogan, "Ariel for Israel, Umm al-Fahm to Palestine," referred to proposals to exchange Arab-majority areas inside Israel for Israeli control of settlements such as Ariel ^[37]. The Jerusalem Post reported in August 2026 that the party has supported expanding construction in Judea and Samaria, initiated the 2025 Ma'ale Adumim sovereignty bill and had earlier introduced legislation to apply sovereignty to the Jordan Valley ^[44].

Change over time: IDI's party profile describes Yisrael Beytenu's approach as supporting "a political solution based on population exchange and creating two states with homogeneous national populations" ^[2]. The party's 2026 proposals take a different direction: dismantling the Palestinian Authority and handing civil administration of Areas A and B to Jordan, with Israel keeping security responsibility ^{[22, 27]}.

Closest option(s): Apply Israeli sovereignty to part of the area and keep full Israeli control of Area C, with others running Palestinians' daily affairs in the rest (partial-sovereignty-area-c). The party's specific proposal differs from the option in giving that role to Jordan rather than to the Palestinians themselves.

• Formal commitment: The platform calls for keeping the IDF's freedom of action in Gaza while ending Israeli responsibility for the Strip "by closing the crossings and cutting off the supply of water, electricity and fuel," and handing responsibility to "an agreed international body" ^[11]. The September 2025 document of principles also proposed transferring responsibility for Gaza to an international entity in coordination with the United States ^[10].
• Statement: In July 2025 Liberman said the war could have been ended "in one move, releasing all hostages," and that the order should be "first release hostages, then the IDF can complete the campaign without limitations." He said soldiers killed in recent months had died "on the altar of preserving the coalition" ^[29]. In December 2024 he had accused Netanyahu of preferring coalition survival over a comprehensive hostage deal ^[30], and in August 2025 he again accused Netanyahu of "sacrificing the hostages" for coalition reasons ^[31].
• Statement: After an attack on soldiers on 19 October 2025, days into the ceasefire, Liberman said Israel should have announced it was "stopping all aid to Gaza and renewing the war" and called Netanyahu's response a return to the "same concept" as before October 7 ^[28].
• Statement: In August 2026 Liberman said the US-led "Board of Peace" plan for Gaza would let about $160 million reach Hamas's military wing, and criticized the presence of US Central Command in decisions on Israeli operations. The IDF disputed part of his account ^[25]. In December 2025 he expressed alarm at a possible Turkish role in Gaza reconstruction ^[57].
• Statement: In his 5 October 2026 plan, Liberman said there would be "no alternative to the complete elimination of Hamas, both its military and civilian wings, by the IDF," after which an external body would govern Gaza ^[22].

Closest option(s): Go back to war until Hamas is destroyed, then keep Israeli security control while a body without Hamas runs daily life (defeat-hamas-then-security-control). The party's plans hand civil responsibility to an international body rather than a local administration, while keeping IDF freedom of action ^{[11, 22]}.

• Statement: When the June 2025 war with Iran ended in a US-brokered ceasefire, Liberman called the ending "particularly sour and bitter" ^[36].
• Statement: On 3 March 2026, in the first days of Israel's military operation against Iran ("Roaring Lion"), Liberman said "Netanyahu is doing what needs to be done," and that the operation must end with "the overthrow of the regime in Tehran and the elimination of Hezbollah in Lebanon, with complete destruction of the ballistic and nuclear program" ^[32].
• Statement: On 9 April 2026 he said the ceasefire with Iran was "only a partial achievement" and that "it's only a matter of time until we return for another round," arguing that regime change and the disarming of Hezbollah should have been explicit goals ^[34].
• Statement: On 16 April 2026 he called the ceasefire in Lebanon "a betrayal of the residents of the north" and said "it is forbidden to end the war without a clear decision and the elimination of Hezbollah" ^[35].
• Statement: On 16 June 2026 he said a US–Iran agreement "definitely turns Iran into a nuclear power," and that Israel can "tell Trump 'no.'" He proposed an IDF missile corps with 20,000 ballistic and cruise missiles and redirecting the Mossad toward toppling Iran's regime ^[39].
• Formal commitment: The platform calls for expanding military capabilities, including a missile corps, stronger air defense and additional naval vessels to counter threats from Iran and the Houthis in the Red Sea ^[11].

Closest option(s): Keep attacking Iran, Hezbollah and their allies until they can no longer threaten Israel, with no deals in the meantime (military-pressure-until-threats-removed).

The party opposed the government's 2023–2025 judicial changes and proposes a written constitution instead.

• Action: The judicial selection law passed its final reading on 27 March 2025 by 67 to 1, after the opposition boycotted the final vote and walked out of the plenum; the law takes effect in the next Knesset ^[48]. The Knesset's vote record lists no vote by any Yisrael Beytenu MK in that final reading ^[80]. The report does not name the factions that took part in the boycott ^[48].
• Action: All six Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted against the law on the attorney general's legal opinions in its final reading on 15 July 2026, which passed 65 to 51; five had voted against a bill to split the attorney general's role in its preliminary reading on 29 October 2025 ^[83]. No Yisrael Beytenu MK is recorded as voting in the final reading of the July 2023 "reasonableness" law, which passed 64 to 0 ^[83].
• Formal commitment: The platform calls for "establishing a constitution for the State of Israel and a constitutional court," limiting a prime minister to two terms, strengthening the basic laws (laws with constitutional status), barring anyone under indictment from forming a government, and states its "opposition to the French law and the override clause." The "French law" refers to proposals to shield a sitting prime minister from investigation; the "override clause" would let the Knesset re-pass a law the Supreme Court struck down ^[11].
• Formal commitment: According to a September 2026 Ynetnews overview, the party proposes drafting a written constitution, with former justice minister Daniel Friedmann, constitutional law scholar Uriel Reichman and former minister Moshe Nissim, and putting it to a national referendum; amendments would need at least 80 of the 120 Knesset members ^[43]. The platform likewise proposes a constitution based on the work of Reichman, Friedmann and Nissim ^[11]. The September 2025 document of principles describes the constitution as a way of "defending democracy and the independence of the judicial system" ^[10].
• Statement: In May 2023 Liberman urged opposition leaders to quit the talks on the judicial changes held at the President's Residence, saying they were "legitimizing something that is totally illegitimate" and that Netanyahu's goal was "to take over the Supreme Court" ^[47].

Closest option(s): Agree on clear rules through a written constitution, adopted by broad agreement (broad-agreed-constitutional-framework). The party differs from that option in rejecting any override clause ^[11], which is close to the emphasis on independent courts in repeal-changes-protect-independence; no source was found stating whether it would repeal the 2025 judicial selection law specifically.

• Formal commitment: The platform lists "a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre" among the party's main goals ^[11]. The September 2025 document of principles also called for a state commission of inquiry ^[10].
• Statement (party's written answer): In its written answer to an October 2026 Ynet questionnaire the party said it supports "establishing a state commission of inquiry exactly according to the existing law in the State of Israel. This will be the first decision we make in the government we form" ^[40]. Under the existing law the members are chosen by the President of the Supreme Court ^[40].
• Action: Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted for the opposition bills to set up a state commission of inquiry into October 7 at their preliminary readings on 17 July 2024, 12 November 2025 and 1 July 2026 (four or five of its six MKs each time, none against); all the bills failed. On 24 December 2025 five of its MKs voted against the coalition's bill for a commission picked through the Knesset, which passed its preliminary reading 53 to 48 with one abstention ^[85].
• Statement: On 8 September 2026 Liberman, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett and Yair Golan signed a joint letter pledging that "as soon as a government under our leadership is established, we will establish a state-led commission of inquiry" into the failures that led to October 7 ^[50].
• Statement: On 20 October 2025 Liberman said "no one will escape accountability, whoever is guilty will pay" ^[28]. The party's No. 2, Rafi Ben Shitrit, is a bereaved father and one of the founders of the October Council, which campaigns for a state commission of inquiry; he has called the government's alternative "a political committee" ^{[9, 62]}.

Closest option(s): The President of the Supreme Court picks the members, as the law requires for a state commission of inquiry (state-commission-under-existing-law).

• Formal commitment: The platform calls for "civil marriage and divorce for every citizen"; "operating public transport on Shabbat according to the decision of local authorities"; adopting the Nissim Report on conversion (a 2018 government-commissioned report that proposed a state conversion framework); "one Chief Rabbi for Israel and one city rabbi for each local authority"; abolishing the religious councils and replacing them with municipal religious-services departments; and mandatory core studies (mathematics, English, computers, civics and Bible) for every pupil ^[11].
• Action: As finance minister, Liberman's 2021 Arrangements Law included a kashrut reform that opened kosher certification to private certifying bodies alongside the Chief Rabbinate, starting in January 2023 ^[45]. The current Knesset repealed that reform on 15 July 2026, by 46 to 41, returning control to the Chief Rabbinate ^[55]; all six Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted against the repeal, according to the Knesset's vote record ^[80].
• Background (2017–2018, before the period this guide relies on): In 2017 Forer and Malinovsky submitted a bill to let local authorities run public transport on Shabbat ^[49]. In January 2018, while the party was in the coalition, four of its MKs voted against the "minimarkets law," which requires the interior minister's approval for local bylaws allowing businesses to open on Shabbat ^[54].
• Action: On 24 March 2026 the Knesset passed a law letting rabbinical courts arbitrate civil disputes, by 65 to 41 ^[56]; all six Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted against it in the final reading, according to the Knesset's vote record ^[80]. Liberman called passing it "absolute madness and moral bankruptcy" ^[56].
• Statement: Dan Illouz, a religiously observant candidate, said in October 2026: "in every issue when there is religious coercion, I'm against religious coercion" ^[20].

Change over time: The platform supports civil marriage and divorce for every citizen ^[11]. In 2010–2011, while the party sat in Netanyahu's coalition, its MKs voted against private civil marriage bills. These votes are more than a decade old and are dated background; they do not decide the line below. According to the Knesset's vote records, nine Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted against a private marriage and divorce bill in a plenum vote on 12 May 2010, and on 27 July 2011 seven voted against another such bill while one (Moshe Mutz-Matalon) voted for it ^[81]; a 2019 Globes fact-check reported the same 2011 vote ^[54]. Globes also found that party ministers abstained on a Shabbat transport proposal in a ministerial committee in 2014 and that all its MKs were absent from a 2016 plenum vote on a similar proposal, and that after leaving the coalition in late 2018 the party voted for a civil marriage bill and for limited Shabbat public transport ^[54]. In the same coalition period, on 15 March 2010, the party's MKs voted for the clauses of the government's Civil Union for Persons with No Religion bill at its second reading; it became law that month ^[81].

Closest option(s): Keep the Rabbinate but let people choose alternatives, with local decisions on Shabbat transport (more-choice-local-decisions). The party goes further than that option on marriage, supporting civil marriage and divorce for everyone, which is part of separate-religion-and-state ^[11].

• Action: As finance minister, Liberman promoted an import reform, agreed with the economy minister, to replace unique Israeli standards with European ones, check goods after they reach the market rather than before, and allow parallel imports ^[58]. It passed in the November 2021 Arrangements Law, which let products meeting foreign standards in without additional Israeli testing ^[45].
• Action: In February 2022 Liberman and Bennett presented a NIS 4.4 billion plan: an extra tax credit point for working parents for each child aged 6 to 12, wider afterschool-care subsidies, a one-time rise in the work grant (a payment to low-wage workers), cancelling the excise tax on coal for 2022 to limit electricity price rises, and removing customs duties on imported beef, seafood, produce, building materials and household goods ^[59]. The Knesset passed the tax-credit part in May 2022 ^[60].
• Action: On 11 March 2024 five Yisrael Beytenu MKs, including Liberman, voted against the order raising VAT from 17% to 18%, which the Knesset approved 47 to 29 ^[83].
• Formal commitment: The platform calls for regulating parallel imports and ending the status of exclusive importers, "eliminating the monopolies in the food market," dismantling agricultural production councils such as the Egg and Poultry Board and the Plants Board, reducing regulation and cutting the number of government ministries ^[11]. The September 2025 document of principles says the government would "reduce regulations, encourage competition and combat monopolies" ^[10].
• Formal commitment: Liberman's January 2026 economic plan, presented as a response to people who "can't make it through the month," included tax credits worth NIS 2,500 a month for young couples where one partner is serving, a negative income tax for low earners, a 20% rise in income-support allowances, and was to be funded partly by "a significant cut in child allowances," a means test for property-tax discounts, cutting most of what he said was NIS 36 billion a year in state subsidies to the Haredi sector, and NIS 5.7 billion in coalition funds ^[46]. In August 2026 he said the deficit should be tackled first by closing "all the unnecessary ministries" and coalition funds, and that new taxes should not be imposed hastily ^[57].

Closest option(s): Open the market to more competition and imports and break up dominant companies (open-market-competition-imports). The party also proposes targeted help for working families, which overlaps with direct-support-for-households ^{[46, 59]}.

• Formal commitment: The platform names increasing housing supply as the main solution, along with expanding industrialized construction to shorten building times and expanding long-term rental projects ^[11].
• Formal commitment: Liberman's January 2026 economic plan proposed mortgages of 90% of the home's value, repayable over up to 40 years, for homes worth less than NIS 2.5 million ^[46].
• Statement: The platform's support for settlement in the Negev and Galilee is part of its broader Zionist settlement vision ^[11].

No Knesset vote by the party specific to housing was found in this research.

Closest option(s): Build much more, faster (speed-up-planning-and-construction), combined with direct help for buyers through larger and longer mortgages (direct-help-for-buyers).

• Formal commitment: The platform calls for "zero tolerance" toward criminal and nationalist terror, a national headquarters to fight organized crime and protection rackets, three dedicated courts for serious crime, and "dedicated legislation that will allow administrative detention [detention without trial] of heads of crime organizations and the use of spyware," as well as 3,000 more police officers ^[11]. The September 2025 document of principles called for "a national task force" against organized crime ^[10].
• Statement: In September 2025, visiting the Galilee, Liberman proposed legislative changes, a court dedicated to organized crime and involvement of the Shin Bet (Israel's internal security service) ^[51].
• Statement: In September 2026 Liberman said a "national security headquarters" must be set up because the National Security Ministry "is no longer capable of dealing with this phenomenon," and that it must be "a comprehensive apparatus that also includes the Shin Bet, the Tax Authority, the Justice Ministry and the State Attorney's Office." He noted that in 2014, when the party held the public security ministry, there were 61 murders in Arab society, and named Druze MK Hamad Amar as his candidate for minister ^[33].
• In July 2026 the government decided to bring the Shin Bet into the fight against crime organizations in Arab society, funded mainly by moving about NIS 497 million from a development plan for Arab communities ^[65]. No reaction from Yisrael Beytenu to this decision was found in the sources checked.

These measures would apply to organized crime generally; the platform does not limit them to Arab communities ^[11].

Closest option(s): Use extraordinary measures against organized crime, including the Shin Bet and detention without trial for crime bosses (emergency-powers-shin-bet). The party also calls for more police, which overlaps with more-police-resources-normal-law ^[11].

• Action: Liberman says the party first submitted a death penalty for terrorists bill on 31 March 2015 ^[52]; Oded Forer was an initiator of such bills in the 20th and 25th Knessets ^[82]. On 30 March 2026 the Knesset passed a death-penalty law promoted by Otzma Yehudit, by 62 to 48 with one abstention, according to the Knesset's vote record ^[80]; it makes hanging the default penalty for residents of Judea and Samaria convicted in military courts of deadly terrorist acts, with life imprisonment possible only in "special circumstances" ^{[53, 66]}. Yisrael Beytenu, though in opposition, voted in favour after Liberman conditioned its support on Netanyahu and Shas leader Aryeh Deri voting for the law in person, which they did ^{[52, 53]}. The Knesset's vote record shows Liberman, Forer, Malinovsky and Sova voting for the law in the final reading; no vote is recorded for Hamad Amar or Sharon Nir ^[80].
• Contradiction: The party has promoted death-penalty bills since 2015, and Forer was an initiator of such bills in 2015, 2017 and 2025 ^{[52, 82]}. But on 13 October 2021, while it sat in the Bennett–Lapid coalition, six of its MKs, including current candidates Malinovsky and Sova, voted against a death-penalty-for-terrorists bill sponsored by an opposition Likud MK, which failed 30 to 50; on 1 June 2022 two of its MKs voted against another such bill, which failed 33 to 52 ^[84]. The party was then part of the governing coalition and the bills came from the opposition; the record does not give reasons for votes, and no explanation by the party was found.

• Formal commitment: Limit a prime minister to two terms, cut the number of ministers, bar people under indictment from forming a government, and adopt a constitution ^{[10, 11]}. Liberman listed term limits and a constitutional referendum among his demands for any coalition in August 2026 ^[67].

• Formal commitment: The platform says "we expect the Arab citizens of Israel to demonstrate loyalty to the state in which they live," requires core studies in all schools as a condition of state funding, and says the party will act to prevent the overturning of CEC decisions to bar Knesset members who incite against the state ^[11].
• Statement: On 6 September 2026 Liberman said "the State of Israel cannot become a federation of religious and ethnic minorities" ^[7].

• Statement: In May 2022, after a Druze officer was killed in Gaza, Liberman said there was "a clear contradiction" between the Nation-State Law (a 2018 basic law defining Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people) and the praise for Druze soldiers, and said he intended to submit an amendment and make the Declaration of Independence a basic law ^[68]. The party's No. 7, Hamad Amar, is Druze ^[33].

• Formal commitment: The platform proposes a ministerial committee to encourage aliyah and absorption ^[11]. It calls for completing pension reform so that every retiree receives an income top-up to the level of the minimum wage, free public transport for all pensioners and raising the annual grant for Holocaust survivors to NIS 8,000 ^[11]. Liberman's January 2026 plan proposed raising the annual grant for Holocaust survivors ^[46].

• Formal commitment: The platform proposes cancelling child allowances from the fifth child onward and widening eligibility for the work grant to single people over 26 earning up to NIS 8,000 a month ^[11]. The January 2026 economic plan proposed "a significant cut in child allowances" and a means test for property-tax discounts ^[46]. These measures would apply to all families, though Liberman presents them alongside cutting state subsidies to the Haredi sector ^[46].

• Formal commitment: The January 2026 plan offers tax credits for young couples where one partner serves, and daycare support for reservists ^[46]. In August 2026 Liberman said reservists were calling him with complaints and that the IDF budget through the end of 2026 had not been finalised ^[57].

• Formal commitment: Mandatory core studies (mathematics, English, computers, civics, Bible) in every school as a condition of state funding, and an end to allowance payments to yeshiva and kollel students, who the platform says should fund their studies themselves, as university students do ^[11].

• Formal commitment: The platform proposes strengthening the public health system, completing two new hospitals (one in the north and one in the south), adding doctor and nurse positions and updating the medicines basket regularly; on transport, Shabbat public transport by local decision and cheaper, simpler driving licences ^[11]. The party's 2021 Arrangements Law included congestion charges around Tel Aviv, a parking-price reform and an open-banking reform ^[45].

• Formal commitment: The January 2026 plan would require institutional investors (pension and insurance funds) to invest 0.1% of their assets, about NIS 3 billion, in startups, and said that having separate Heritage, Tradition and National Missions ministries "must stop" ^[46]. In August 2026 Liberman said interest payments on the national debt are NIS 57 billion and that Israel must prepare for the end of US military aid, which he said ends in 2028 ^[57].

• Background (votes before 2019): According to the 2019 Globes fact-check, while in coalition the party's MKs voted with the coalition against several LGBT-related proposals, including a bill on adoption abroad by couples not defined as "a man and a woman" and refunds for couples forced to marry abroad in civil ceremonies, and supported a surrogacy law that did not include LGBT people ^[54]. The current platform found in this research does not address LGBT issues ^[11]. Limited information on the party's current position.